Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right11
- retail stores and shops
- personal service shops
- financial services
- theaters
- restaurants and cafes
- printing, publishing, lithography, photography, blueprinting, or engraving shops
- family child care homes
- residential uses (condominiums or rental units)
- medical offices or clinics under 2,500 sqft
- low-barrier navigation centers
- child care centers up to 60 children
Conditional / special use13
- automobile service stations
- hotels, motels, social halls, clubs and lodges
- bus, taxi, train, and other transportation terminal facilities
- night clubs and indoor commercial recreational uses
- restaurants, cafes, bars, cocktail lounges, and nightclubs with liquor
- retail sales of liquor
- schools and studios for arts, trades, and professions
- amusement games (5 or more)
- parking lots and garages
- any permitted or conditionally permitted use when conducted primarily outside a building
- child care centers of more than 60 children
- similar uses determined by Zoning Administrator
- medical offices or clinics 2,500 sqft or more
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. on El Camino Real5 ft
a minimum building setback of five (5) feet, containing permanently maintained landscaping, shall be required for properties abutting El Camino Real.
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per residential unit100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
there shall be a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of open space per unit. Open space shall be calculated pursuant to Section 32.9, except that private open space shall be considered on a one to one (1:1) basis with common open space.
- Stormwater treatment required
All development is subject to the requirements of Section 32.12 (Stormwater Treatment) and Chapter 27A.
From the ordinance
No structure shall exceed one hundred (100) feet in height. The minimum building site area shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. The minimum average lot width shall be twenty-five (25) feet. None required.